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Coll 30/52(1) 'Persian Gulf. Diaries: Bahrain News and Intelligence Reports' [‎265r] (531/1077)

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The record is made up of 1 file (535 folios). It was created in 8 Sep 1933-21 Feb 1941. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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Report of the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. ,
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(i) e.fi. Oretdfield (Brltist), a tankshlp, arrived
on the 20th and left on trie 21st July with a cargo of
10,500 tons of crude oil*
(ii) £.1 .Roxane (French), a tankship, arrived on
the 22nd and left on the 23rd July with a cargo of 11,000
tons of crude oil.
(ill) S.3. Bonze (Italian), a tankship, arrived on
the 25th and left on the 26th July with e cargo of 11,000
tons of cruue oil.
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U) The honourable Lieutemnt-Coionel T.C. Fowle,
Gulf
c.h.a., Political Eesident in the Perslan/arrived fro*
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1 AUG 1936
Bushire by 2.S. Baaora on the lath July accompanied by
Captain G. deGaury, M*C*, Politic 1 Agent, Kuwait,
Ilajor J.J. Eooney, Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. burgeon, I^r.J.Croning,
M.B.L* his Under Secretary and Mr. Fateh All Shaikh,
Assistant Engineer, Independent Persir-n Gulf Sub-Division.
(ii) Lieutenant-Coioncl Gordon uoch, C.I.L.,
returned from leave fro* the United Kingdom on the 22nd
July.
(iii) The ^clitic-i Agent, Kuwait returned to
Kuwait by air mail on the 24th July.
(iv) The honourable Lieutenant-Colonel T.C.Fowle,
C.B.E. handed over charge of the office of Political
Resident in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and His Britannic Majesty’s
Consul-General to the Honourable Lieutenant-Colonel
Gordon joch, C.I.E., on the 25th July ana proceeded to the
United Kingdom on short leave by the air mail of the 26th
July.
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The file contains fortnightly intelligence summaries produced by the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. at Bahrain for the years 1933-40. The reports, marked as secret, were sent to the Government of India, the India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. , and numerous British diplomatic, political, and military offices in the Middle East. There are occasional hand-written comments in the margins of the reports.

The reports are divided into short sections that relate to a particular subject. Contained within the file is intelligence on the following topics:

  • Shipping
  • The movements of British and Foreign subjects, and Arab notables
  • Local affairs of Bahrain, as well as regional news from Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. , and the wider Middle East
  • Economic matters and food supplies
  • Bahrain Petroleum Company and other matters related to the oil industry
  • Transport accidents
  • The Bahrain ruling family
  • Tensions between Abu Dhabi and Dubai
  • The pearl trade
  • Workers' strikes in Bahrain
  • Local crime
  • The slave trade
  • Regional boundary disputes
  • The impact of the beginning of the Second World War in Bahrain and local reaction to events in the war
  • Weather and meteorological data.

A photograph of Charles Belgrave and the French Naval Officer, Contre Amiral Rivet is contained on folio 388. It was taken when the French Sloop Bougainville visited Bahrain on 14-16 February 1935.

The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.

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1 file (535 folios)
Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 537; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 3-537; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

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IOR/L/PS/12/3767
Title
Coll 30/52(1) 'Persian Gulf. Diaries: Bahrain News and Intelligence Reports'
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front, front-i, 2r:3v, 3ar:3av, 4r:387v, 389r:537r, back-i, back
Author
East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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